– #Fukushima I Nuke Plant Worker: No Steam Gushing From Cracks, But There Are Many 10-Plus Sieverts/Hr Locations (EX-SKF, August 17, 2011):
The anonymous Fukushima I Nuke Plant worker whom I featured before several times tweets on the information, yet to be substantiated, related by an independent journalist Kota Kinoshita on his blog on August 15. Mr. Kinoshita related the information only because he had heard the similar information from his government source.
What is that information? That there is steam gushing out of cracks on the ground, and that there are 6 locations that exceed 10 sieverts/hr radiation.
1. About “steam gushing out from cracks on the ground”:
In Mr. Kinoshita’s blog:
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It was early August, around 9PM. A worker at Fukushima I Nuke Plant sent an email to his local contact, saying “Steam gushing out of cracks on the ground. The area is foggy with steam, and the workers evacuated temporarily. Some kind of reaction may be occurring underground. Watch out for radiation level depending on the wind direction”.
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From the information source within the government, “I’ve heard about the steam coming out from the ground, and I am concerned”.
Fukushima worker’s tweet:
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As I have said before, I have never seen, or heard about, such steam.
It’s possible that he doesn’t know but someone else may know.
2. About locations that exceed 10 sieverts/hr:
In Mr. Kinoshita’s blog:
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[The same worker] also told [his contact] that there are 6 locations that exceed 10,000 millisievert/hr [10 sieverts/hr], unlike what TEPCO has announced.
Fukushima worker’s tweet:
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I think that is true. But those are the locations that have been measured. I think there are many more.
Mr. Kinoshita’s blog has this bit of “rumor” from his worker at the plant:
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There are several cracks on the ground near the Containment Vessel, and the steam is coming out from them, not on a regular basis but sporadically.
Wait, does that mean the floor of the reactor building is cracked? He doesn’t say which reactor.
And Fukushima worker has another tweet that says:
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In the reactor buildings of Reactors 1, 2 and 3, there are many spots that measure even higher [than 10 sieverts/hr] and we can’t go near them.
So much for the plant being stable. But so far, the information is unsubstantiated (i.e. not admitted, or denied, by officials at TEPCO or the government).
Speaking of the government, it will allow the residents in Okuma-machi and Futaba-machi, where the plant is located, to temporarily return to their homes later this month now that the plant is stable.